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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.85 [SLACK_000299] · slack_pm:msg:00865

Date: 2020-06-18 17:34
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recipient: Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker: Kristian G. Andersen

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Yeah, agreed - but if what she's saying is actually true, then that's definitely strange - that is *not* how the authors describe their data and samples

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2020-06-18 16:48 Edward C. Holmes open

Yes, it has. The two pangolin papers in Nature (different groups) both show the same RBD in the animals from Guangdong.
2020-06-18 16:58 Kristian G. Andersen open

Thought so...
2020-06-18 17:27 Kristian G. Andersen open

This is pretty interesting... [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2020-06-18 at 5.27.34 PM.png]
2020-06-18 17:32 Edward C. Holmes open

But the pangolin sequence is only 'highly identical' at the amino acid level. Not synonymous sites...falls in the expected place at those sites.
2020-06-18 17:34 Kristian G. Andersen

Yeah, agreed - but if what she's saying is actually true, then that's definitely strange - that is *not* how the authors describe their data and samples
2020-06-18 17:34 Kristian G. Andersen open

I'll get the manuscript from her
2020-06-18 17:37 Edward C. Holmes open

Let me see what I can do on this. I'm working with both groups.
2020-06-18 17:41 Edward C. Holmes open

Still makes no sense because the Liu et al. paper come out before the pandemic.
2020-06-18 17:41 Kristian G. Andersen open

"Liu et al. paper come out before the pandemic" > Yup.

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